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I hope they don't forget the pedestrian walkway bridge that used to exist under the old Washington St Bridge. I recall that is still in the plans but I think after ------ They didn't get past the inspectors. These are the type of things is one of those things that might not get noticed until...

I have to personally speculate that part of the reason why Massport that seem to display some competence is because Massport has a self-sustaining amount of income. To be clear, I don't think the lesson is just fund the other agencies and departments. Funding matters, but competence is...

I do think it would be more than a little grumble, I'm sure that timeline we would be plenty mad and beyond just the initial announcement. But overall, I do think we would be less mad than we are now. Though if we look from a different angle, neither scenario has made a difference in a way that...

To add more news. I heard an explanation on WBZ Radio that based on the reporting of Federal Safety Hearing that Senator Warren and Markey hosted. Here's the equivalent online article -...

There's a MBTA job fair coming up next week. They also been blasting it as commercials on the radio. A thought recently crossed my mind. A lot of us here can be generally described as passionate about transit (and others here are passionate about city planning or architecture or all the...

If we're listing the headwinds facing the manufacturing, we should not forgot CRRC is the merger of CNR and CSR. CNR was the company the MBTA selected with ratings of not just "Acceptable" but "Good" for some Categories - most notably Manufacturing. CSR was rated as "Unacceptable" in not just...

A complete unmitigated disaster is this speed is a new normal. That's arguably semantics, but if these does go away I would feel less angry than if this becomes the thing long-term. But we don't know, do we? We have our personal observations and TransitMatter data, but the MBTA is not telling...

I am not the person who know the statistics to compare CRRC cars versus other T equipment or other transit systems. I am aware of the Recommendation presentation where the slides does tell me the MBTA did try to assess past history (also a more technical version too). Which is now...

Honestly, I feel alarmed. We're halfway through the order now and we got a breakdown after only a day. After all that testing and they made a pretty big show repeatedly checking up on the trains. Is this still in the realm of teething issues or is it reasonable to start speculating this as a...

Yeah, I noticed that too. First, this is the presentation that you're looking for - https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/2019-12/2019-12-16-fmcb-23-red-orange-line-headway-attainment-maintenance-plan-accessible.pdf That said, since I noticed that took. I posted and did got one analysis in...

I don't know about the legitimacy of the percentages but they are claiming 96%. Personally, I find it ideal when it was presented like this graphic. Percentages are nice, but X number of track replaces and X number of Cologne Eggs are raw numbers that fully undeniable. Unfortunately the updates...

There's also a Facebook group too FWIW. I have to say, even though it was only down for like 36 hours and it's unfortunate seeing the downside of our piggybacking to the current ownership. Because we're piggyback with them, we the necessary technological support as we're on the same system as...

So a Reddit thread is talking about rumors of the red line, but I saw this notable exchange around thoroughness of the shut down. From the discussion in that thread, allegedly it argues even it won’t provide short term relief.Citing the work only plans to do 3500 ft of track but full SGR...

This story made me curious. It wasn't Rhode Island. It was in Arkansas https://apnews.com/article/8712aa6a1c4e6eb054c4d8705c8b63fe https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19980111&slug=2728116 The curious thing for me is this happened in 1998. AP news says 24-25 pounds recovered with 8...

I can't truly say I'm an expert either. My knowledge is based on my family purchasing and remediating a piece of land that is much smaller piece of land. I do recall learning responsibility falls to first the entity that contaminated it, but if the entity no longer exists, then it falls to who...

Poor quality control yes, but this shouldn't be something that needs QA in the first place. Just members of the workforce itself is should be able to recognize and have initiative to correct without public embarrassment - from the sign makers, to the delivery person, to the station attendants...

They are, but in practice that likely means some X amount of the money from the sale of the land will go to an escrow account to where the money is set to clean up the land. If Exxon Mobile don't sell the land, they are still responsible for cleaning it, but then they can just sit there with...

You know what I really want to know? What exactly was this power issue. I think typically "power issue" the most detailed we get when this happens. Some are pretty self-explanatory like when all of Kenmore had no power, I can't really be mad at the MBTA if the entire neighborhood has no power...

Well yeah, I don't disagree, Fed takeover won't fix the true cause. But in terms of my life, enjoying 15 years of functionality is better than 0 years. If you're right that it's not hitting the state with gravity and urgency, then the non-FTA scenario is not a scenario the state will actually...

Yeah, if the Feds don't, then what? At least the former implies we'll enjoy 15-25 years of functionality. The latter doesn't look like many scenarios of anyone learning or being held accountable either. We literally have 1 and 1/4 trains lines shutting down in 2 weeks + another major delay of...